Search for direct third-generation squark pair production in final states with missing transverse momentum and two b-jets in √s = 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

G Aad; T Abajyan; B Abbott; J Abdallah; S Abdel Khalek; O Abdinov; R Aben; B Abi; M Abolins; OS Abou-Zeid; H Abramowicz; H Abreu; S Kuday; BS Acharya; L Adamczyk; DL Adams; TN Addy; J Adelman; S Adomeit; T Adye; S Aefsky; T Agatonovic-Jovin; JA Aguilar-Saavedra; M Agustoni; SP Ahlen; A Ahmad; M Ahsan; G Aielli; TPA Åkesson; G Akimoto; AV Akimov; MA Alam; J Albert; S Albrand; MJA Verzini; M Aleksa; IN Aleksandrov; F Alessandria; C Alexa; G Alexander; G Alexandre; T Alexopoulos; S Chekanov; M Aliev; G Alimonti; L Alio; J Alison; BMM Allbrooke; LJ Allison; PP Allport; SE Allwood-Spiers; J Almond; A Aloisio; R Alon; A Alonso; F Alonso; A Altheimer; BA Gonzalez; MG Alviggi; K Amako; YA Coutinho; C Amelung; VV Ammosov; SPA Dos Santos; A Amorim; S Amoroso; N Amram; C Anastopoulos; LS Ancu; N Andari; T Andeen; CF Anders; G Anders; KJ Anderson; A Andreazza; V Andrei; XS Anduaga; S Angelidakis; P Anger; A Angerami; F Anghinolfi; AV Anisenkov; N Anjos; A Annovi; A Antonaki; M Antonelli; A Antonov; F Anulli; M Aoki; LA Bella; R Apolle; G Arabidze; I Aracena; Y Arai; ATH Arce; S Arfaoui; JF Arguin; S Argyropoulos; E Arik; M Arik

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Search for direct third-generation squark pair production in final states with missing transverse momentum and two b-jets in √s = 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

G Aad, T Abajyan, B Abbott, J Abdallah, S Abdel Khalek, O Abdinov, R Aben, B Abi, M Abolins, OS Abou-Zeid, H Abramowicz, H Abreu, S Kuday, BS Acharya, L Adamczyk, DL Adams, TN Addy, J Adelman, S Adomeit, T Adye Show all

Journal of High Energy Physics | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2013)189

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Abstract

The results of a search for pair production of supersymmetric partners of the Standard Model third-generation quarks are reported. This search uses 20.1 fb−1 of pp collisions at √s = 8TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. The lightest bottom and top squarks (b1 and t1 respectively) are searched for in a final state with large missing transverse momentum and two jets identified as originating from b-quarks. No excess of events above the expected level of Standard Model background is found. The results are used to set upper limits on the visible cross section for processes beyond the Standard Model. Exclusion limits at the 95% confidence level on the masses of the..

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Federico Scutti Author

Elisabetta Barberio Author

Matteo Volpi Author

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Awarded by National Science Foundation

Funding Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the support of ANPCyT, Argentina; YerPhI, Armenia; ARC, Australia; BMWF and FWF, Austria; ANAS, Azerbaijan; SSTC, Belarus; CNPq and FAPESP, Brazil; NSERC, NRC and CFI, Canada; CERN; CONICYT, Chile; CAS, MOST and NSFC, China; COLCIENCIAS, Colombia; MSMT CR, MPO CR and VSC CR, Czech Republic; DNRF, DNSRC and Lundbeck Foundation, Denmark; EPLANET, ERC and NSRF, European Union; IN2P3-CNRS, CEA-DSM/IRFU, France; GNSF, Georgia; BMBF, DFG, HGF, MPG and AvH Foundation, Germany; GSRT and NSRF, Greece; ISF, MINERVA, GIF, DIP and Benoziyo Center, Israel; INFN, Italy; MEXT and JSPS, Japan; CNRST, Morocco; FOM and NWO, Netherlands; BRF and RCN, Norway; MNiSW, Poland; GRICES and FCT, Portugal; MERYS (MECTS), Romania; MES of Russia and ROSATOM, Russian Federation; JINR; MSTD, Serbia; MSSR, Slovakia; ARRS and MIZ. S, Slovenia; DST/NRF, South Africa; MICINN, Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden; SER, SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; NSC, Taiwan; TAEK, Turkey; STFC, the Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom; DOE and NSF, United States of America.r The crucial computing support from all WLCG partners is acknowledged gratefully, in particular from CERN and the ATLAS Tier-1 facilities at TRIUMF (Canada), NDGF (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), CC-IN2P3 (France), KIT/GridKA (Germany), INFN-CNAF (Italy), NL-T1 (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), ASGC (Taiwan), RAL (UK) and BNL (USA) and in the Tier-2 facilities worldwide.